| How to Be Indie | |
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| Genre | Comedy, children's |
| Created by | Vera Santamaria, John May, Suzanne Bolch |
| Starring | Melinda Shankar Marline Yan Dylan Everett |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 56 (List of episodes) |
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| Producer(s) | Jennifer Pun, Colin Brunton |
| Running time | 22 Minutes |
| Production company(s) | Heroic Film Company (Season 1-) Sudden Storm Productions (Season 2-) |
| Distributor | DHX Media |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | YTV |
| Original run | October 2, 2009 – present |
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| Website | |
How to Be Indie is a Canadian television show on YTV. The main character is a 13 year old Indian Canadian teenager named Indira "Indie" Mehta. The program is a single-camera series intended for a youth audience. The series was created by Vera Santamaria, John May, and Suzanne Bolch.
The series is currently airing its second season on YTV and in UK
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The program follows Indie's journey as she tries to get the most out of life despite the travails of junior high school and her "strict" Indian parents. She is joined by her two best friends Marlon Parks and Abigail "Abi" Flores. She often falls into the trap of caring more about what her peers think of her than who she wants to be herself, and consequently spends a lot of time trying to impress her classmates. When not focussing on Indie, the show focusses on Marlon and Abi. A given episode will usually show Marlon's quirky antics geting him into a troublesome situation. Abi will have to help extricate him, which she willingly does, feeling pity on him. Sometimes, however, they swap roles as Marlon tries to play it cool.
The show is produced by Heroic Film Company in association with DHX Media and YTV and created by writer Vera Santamaria Suzanne Bolch and John May. Season one filmed 26 twenty-five minute episodes and first premiered on the 2nd of October 2009. The show was a part of YTV's 'Big Fun Weeknights'. A second season began filming in summer 2010, shooting five episodes and will resume filming in November 2010. The second season premiered on November 4, 2010. A third season is in the talks between the producers and YTV. It is set to premier in June in 2011.
Melinda Shankar as Indira "Indie" Mehta
She is the main character of the show. She is very upbeat and lively. Her background is Indian, but she's a new generation of Indian and very modern.
Marline Yan as Abigail "Abi" Flores
She is Indie's friend and shown as very intelligent. She is always there to get Indie and Marlon Parks out of trouble but rarely gets into trouble by Marlon Parks.
Dylan Everett as Marlon Parks
He is Indie's friend and very troublesome. We see him mostly with Abigail "Abi" Flores and making schemes to get him out of trouble or out of sight.
Sarena Parmar as Chandra Mehta
She is Indie's older sister. She is very wise at times concerning her parents' traditions and values. She likes to get her own way and sell her brother and sister out.
Varun Saranga as A.J. Mehta
He is Indie's older brother and the intelligent one in the family. He is the geek in school.
Ellora Patnaik as Jyoti Mehta
Vijay Mehta as Vikram Mehta
Errol Sitahal as Prakash Mehta (Babaji)
Main article: How to Be Indie: The Movie
Video Service Corporation the DVDs of the series in Canada.
| Title | Region 1release date |
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| How to be Indie -Season 1 | 26 October 2010 |
The Australian Broadcasting Company distributes the DVDs of the series in Australia
| Title | Region 4release date | Episodes |
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| How to be Indie -What's A Girl To Do | 25 June 2010 |
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| How to be Indie -It's Ridonkulous | 5 August 2010 |
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| Country | Channel | Date of Premiere | Season 2 Premiere |
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| Canada | YTV, VRAK.TV, Nickelodeon Canada | October 2, 2009 | November 4, 2010 |
| United Kingdom Ireland |
Disney Channel | June 12, 2010 | July 4, 2011 |
| Australia | ABC1, ABC3 | December 6, 2009 | September 19, 2011 |
| France | Canal J | August 30, 2010 | |
| India | Disney Channel India | August 30, 2010 | |
| Poland | ZigZap | April 10, 2010 | September 1, 2011 |
| Israel | Arutz HaYeladim "Where to Spend Time with the Children This Week?" (in Hebrew). Mouse.co.il. 22 May 2010. http://www.mouse.co.il/CM.articles_item,1057,209,49775,.aspx. Retrieved 2 August 2010. | May 24, 2010 | |
| Mexico Argentina Chile Colombia Venezuela | Boomerang Latin America "DECODE Strikes How to Be Indie Sales". World-Screen via The TV Realist.com. 7 January 2010. http://thetvrealist.com/gossip/DECODE-Strikes-How-to-Be-Indie-Sales-2741283.html. Retrieved 19 August 2010. | June 30, 2010 | |
| Ireland | RTÉ 2 | 27th June 2011 |